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Ge 2 Purposive Communication

Philippine Literature – “Si Mabuti”

Genoveva Edroza-Matute
• retired teacher
• In 1980, she was the head of the Philippine Normal College under the Department of
Filipino, and Dean of Instruction
• known Feminist
• received four Palanca Awards for her creative works
• the first prize she was awarded was in 1951 for her short story entitled Kuwento ni
Mabuti.

“Si Mabuti”
• Why did her students call her Mabuti?
o She always say the word Mabuti
o The narrator sees her as a good mother to her child and a good teacher to them
• Who are the characters in the story?
o Si Mabuti
o Narrator
o Mag-aaral
o Anak na babae
o Ama ng anak ni Mabuti

• Narration/ Point of View

o What point of view is used?
- First person point of view is used in the story
o Who is telling the story?
- The student, (the name is not mentioned in the story)
- The writer of the story is the one who’s telling the story.
o Why is she telling the story?
- She was inspired by the strong personality of Mabuti as a woman.
- She’s telling not only a story but the reality of life.
o How is the story told? What technique is used?
- It is told by recalling the important circumstances happened in her
life.
- Flashback

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 • Setting
o School
- library
- classroom

• Plot

when the father of Mabuti’s

daughter was mentioned in class

The encounter of the narrator

and Mabuti in the library.

the whereabouts of Mabuti Narrator’s realization

• Conflict
- Man vs Himself

• Theme
- To persevere the battles of life

After examining the story “Si Mabuti” thru Feminism and New Historicism approaches it
can be deduced that the story: empowered the female character and that conservatism is
present in the text as it also reflects the author’s milieu and the cultural context of its
production.

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